Just Let It Go

The lady from the Moving International Group came this week to assess how much stuff we think we are bringing and help us decide the important things to take.  She was helpful and had some really good points for us to consider.  I did get a bit nervous though as I thought we would be well under our shipping allotment and she informed us that we are right there and really can not bring much more than what we told her we were planning to bring.

 I think I have come to the conclusion that I am "nesting", you know, it is what pregnant women do before the baby comes.  You want to have everything just right and all prepared for your little birds when they come home.  Well I want to have everything just right so that when we reach Singapore it will be just like home.

The reality is it will not be just like home it will still be home but not just like home.  I can not escape the fact that we are moving to a whole new culture, a new and challenging climate, a high rise apartment, public transit, noise, lots of people and chaos all around.  The realization that I am trying to avoid that by bringing just the right stuff with has come to light. 

It will not matter the things we have with or don't have with.  It matters that our family is together, that we will have a place "to hang our hat", that Scott will not have to be away from us all the time and that we have a God who loves, cares for and provides for us beyond what we can imagine.  It matters that we have family and friends who love us and care for us and pray for us and that is not going to change based on weather or not we remember to bring the zip locks into a zip lock less country.

So today my friends I am trying to just let it go and go where we are being led and trust that if we need a plastic bag, we will find a plastic bag.